INFO!!! fairphone DOES SUPPORT CUSTOM ROMS!!!

i like the idea of a fairphone. i dun wana buy one tho - if it doesn hav the features i need/wan.

if fairphone had all dis stuff - it would hav a genuine moat, besides the sustainability stff-

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  • Techognito@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    4 months ago

    I don’t fully understand this “I won’t buy a fairphone, because it doesn’t have a audio jack” way of thinking. Are there any phones that actually has a jack and still gets updates?

    I agree it would be a nice feature, but the few I have spoken to, whom actually complain about this, has ended up buying another phone that IMO is worse and also has no jack.

    I’m just confused, not trying to be negative or mean towards anyone.

    • Tkpro@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      4 months ago

      I’m still using a galaxy S10 specifically because there aren’t any phones on the market that have a headphone jack that I like.

      It has 512gb storage, 6gb ram, removable sim and expandable storage. Just replaced the battery off ifixit. Only issue is no eSIM support for international travel but that’s a small price to pay.

        • Tkpro@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          Same way still. Samsung is a bit slower in rolling them out to older phones generally but that’s almost a good thing with all of the AI pushes and unnecessary bloat

    • mozingo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      4 months ago

      I used to buy LG phones for the headphone jack before they stopped making phones. Now I have a sony xperia 5 iv and they just announced they’re going to stop selling phones in the US… Ugh

    • ExLisperAEnglish
      8·
      4 months ago

      When I was shopping for a new phone I checked what models could run custom mods and had > 5 years of support. I came up with Fairphone and Pixel. Neither had jack, dual sim or SD card. Fairphone was about 2x more expensive. It was a simple choice. Now, if Fairphone would have a dual sim and a jack I would have probably paid extra.

      • Techognito@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        Is dual sim a must or is esim an option? I use 2 sims, but it’s 1 regular and 1 esim.

        If esim isn’t an option. I would like to learn why

        • ExLisperAEnglish
          2·
          4 months ago

          In my previous job they gave a phone for on calls. My phone was dual SIM so I just plugged the work SIM into my phone and didn’t have to carry both phones. Now when I see a dual SIM phone I think “this could come in handy one day” but it’s not a must have for me.

    • not quite01(they/them)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      The Sony Xperia 1 VII(totally not a confusing Name) has a headphone jack and get 4years of updates and 6 of security. It is a very niche phone thought but still a flagships. It also has an SD card slot.

      Point being there are phones and even high end phones out there that have these features, however it’s rare which sucks